ding
Noun
- a ringing sound
- an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
- Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.
- A rejection.
- The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
- The act of levelling up.
- An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
- An indigenous inhabitant of the New Territories entitled to the building a village house under the Small House Policy.
- an Italian person, specifically an Italian Australian
Verb
Verb Forms: dinged, dinging, dings
- To make a ringing sound, often a light metallic one.
- go `ding dong', like a bell
- To hit or strike.
- To dash; to throw violently.
- To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
- To fire or reject.
- To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
- To mishit (a golf ball).
- To make a high-pitched resonant sound like a bell.
- To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
- To level up.
Examples
- His top school dinged him last week.
- I just got my first ding letter.
- My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM.
- The timer DING when his Words With Friends turn was almost over.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English dingen, dyngen (strong verb), from Old English *dingan (“to ding”), from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan, from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”).
Related to Old English denġan, denċġan (“to ding, knock, beat, strike”, weak verb) and Old Norse dengja (“to hammer”, weak verb); both from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hammer, peen”), causative of *dingwaną.
Cognate with Icelandic dengja (“to hammer”), Swedish dänga (“to bang, beat”), Danish dænge (“to bang, beat”), German tengeln, dengeln (“to peen”).
Scrabble Score: 6
ding: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordding: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ding: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary